Octagon Credit Investors’ Sean Gleason and Jonathan Lewis enjoyed a productive few days in Toronto meeting with allocators at the Capitalize for Kids Investor Conference. Octagon was pleased to attend and sponsor such an extremely well-run conference supporting a great cause!
Octagon Credit Investors
Financial Services
New York, NY 9,075 followers
About us
Octagon Credit Investors, LLC is a 29-year old, $35B investment adviser focused on leveraged loan, high yield bond, and structured credit (CLO debt and equity) investments. Through fundamental credit analysis and active portfolio management, Octagon's investment team identifies attractive relative value opportunities across below-investment grade asset classes, sectors, and issuers. Octagon’s investment philosophy and methodology encourage and rely upon dynamic internal communication to manage portfolio risk. Over its history, the firm has applied a disciplined, repeatable, and scalable approach in its effort to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for its investors. The firm was founded in 1994 as a separate business unit of Chemical Bank and in 1999, Octagon spun out from Chase Manhattan Bank. Octagon honors its heritage through its company name and logo, both of which are derived from Chase Manhattan's emblem. Located in New York, the firm currently comprises approximately 90 employees, many of whom have spent their entire professional careers at Octagon. Octagon believes that providing a challenging and rewarding career, combined with a supportive work environment, incents employees to remain at the firm. Significant employee ownership and low employee turnover also underscore our culture of partnership, teamwork, and dedication to preserving investor capital across all our funds/accounts under management.
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- Industry
- Financial Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
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- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1994
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250 Park Avenue
15th Floor
New York, NY 10177, US
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Octagon enjoyed hosting a Working Lunch in our offices last week discussing the convergence of public and private credit. Thank you to everyone who joined us. Investment Team members Maegan Gallagher and Patrick Barrett led an insightful discussion, sharing Octagon’s perspective on the current state of the leveraged finance market and the evolving opportunity set across public and private credit.
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Octagon is attending Capitalize for Kids Investors Conference and would welcome the opportunity to connect at the conference! Sean Gleason Jonathan Lewis
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Lauren Law (Bernaski) looks forward to participating in the CLO Debt vs. Equity Roundtable next week at #ABSEast in Miami.
After 30 years in the market, we at #ABSEast never get tired of saying that, once again, we have secured some of the industry's leading voices to provide you with unique, incomparable, and actionable #insights. This is your chance to immerse yourself in months' worth of conversations that are typically reserved for closed-door meetings. Will our 2024 lineup be our most impressive yet? See for yourself! View all speakers: https://lnkd.in/edvPd4VQ We look forward to welcoming you on October 21-23 at the iconic Fontainebleau in #Miami.
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Gretchen Mohr Lam, CFA is looking forward to speaking at the LSTA's Annual Conference on September 26th in New York. Join Gretchen and panelists as they discuss accessing the corporate loan market.
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Gretchen Mohr Lam, CFA looks forward to speaking with Ruth Yang for the S&P Global Ratings' North American Leveraged Finance Leadership webinar on Tuesday, September 24. Click here to register for the webinar: https://lnkd.in/eAhFUPEK
I’m looking forward to moderating a discussion with Gretchen Mohr Lam, CFA, Chief Executive Officer at Octagon Credit Investors, for S&P Global Ratings' North American Leveraged Finance Leadership webinar on Tuesday, September 24. Join us for a captivating conversation about the current state of play in capital markets: https://lnkd.in/eAhFUPEK
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In 9fin’s latest installment of its Q&A series 9Questions, Gretchen Mohr Lam, CFA, CEO of Octagon Credit Investors, shares her views on CLO market trends and discusses Octagon’s plans to expand into Europe. #CLOs https://lnkd.in/eenTKTzS
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Octagon Credit Investors reposted this
🚀 We’re in NYC today for the return of the CLO Investor Summit! We kicked things off with a fantastic session on the state of the CLO market. Our Managing Editor, Tom Davidson, was joined by expert managers Gretchen Mohr Lam, CFA (Octagon Credit Investors), Jonathan Horowitz (Fortress Investment Group), Gunther Stein (Sound Point Capital Management, LP), Matt Bloomfield (Palmer Square Capital Management LLC), and Amir Vardi (Credit Suisse Asset Management). The panel discussed what CLO issuance, including senior spreads and loan prices, will look like in 2024, the expectations for downgrades, how the CLO landscape is evolving, and much more! Missed it? Stream the event live or catch this session on-demand shortly: https://lnkd.in/gmkmxm-N
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Gretchen Mohr Lam, CFA looks forward to speaking about the state of the CLO market at Creditflux's CLO Investor Summit in New York City on June 18th. #CLOs #LeveragedLoans
The CLO Investor Summit returns on June 18th! According to Creditflux data, the first two months of 2024 have been record-setting for the US CLO market, with a total of USD 43.9bn in issuance. Will the rest of the year continue along this trajectory, or are there macroeconomic and regulatory risks that might impact the CLO market? Gretchen Mohr Lam, CFA (Octagon Credit Investors), Jonathan Horowitz (Fortress Investment Group), Gunther Stein (Sound Point Capital Management, LP), Matt Bloomfield (Palmer Square Capital Management LLC) and Amir Vardi (Credit Suisse Asset Management) will be participating in our opening panel to share their insights on the state of the CLO market. Don't miss out, secure your spot at this year's summit today: https://lnkd.in/gmkmxm-N
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Gretchen Mohr Lam, CFA is delighted to be speaking at the Annual CLO Industry Conference in New York City on April 29th & 30th. She will be taking part in the following panel "Keynote Fireside Chat: The Investor’s View - Third Party Equity, Revving up the CLO Engine, and Strategic Growth Opportunities." Check out the full agenda here https://lnkd.in/eM7GiWRg #CLOs #StructuredFinance DealCatalyst LSTA
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